Summary
This position is in Office of Finance and Administration, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Risk Management Division. About OFA: OFA This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to one of the duty stations stated in this announcement on a regular basis (location TBD after candidate selected).
Duties
You will: Direct division activities for the Agency's Cybersecurity Program and National Privacy Program by aligning goals and policies with mission and customer needs, prioritizing work and optimizing resources, ensuring regulatory compliance and efficiency, driving decisions and change, and guiding staff development. Manage and oversee EPA's Risk Management Program, ensuring system controls are evaluated for compliance with security requirements to protect EPA information, IT systems, and the critical processes supporting EPA's computer networks. Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities over staff members by making assignments and determining responsibilities and priorities. Establish partnerships with internal stakeholders and represent the Agency on various Cybersecurity and Privacy Councils and Committees for the advancement of EPA's Cybersecurity and National Privacy Programs. You will spend 25% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements. One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.
Requirements
#LI-Onsite You must be a U.S. citizen. If you are selected, you may be required to complete a one-year probationary period. This position is designated as High Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation. All conditions of the pre-employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date. REAL ID requirements became effective on 05/07/25. If you are selected for this position and plan to use your driver's license or identification card during the onboarding process (i.e., for employment eligibility verification or to obtain your EPA identification card), the document must be a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver's license or identification card that includes the REAL ID-compliant star marking, or must be an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL). You will receive information about alternative acceptable documents (e.g., passport) prior to onboarding. For more information about REAL ID, see Dept. of Homeland Security and REAL ID FAQs. If you are selected, you must complete (or have already completed) a 1-year supervisory or managerial probationary period. Upon acceptance of an initial appointment to a supervisory or managerial position with the EPA, you agree to complete all elements of the EPA Successful Leaders Program. This development program is designed to enhance leadership competencies and meet the agency's goal of providing new leaders with the tools needed for success. You will be required to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance. Pre-employment drug testing is required and random testing thereafter.
How you will be evaluated
Under the provisions of the Direct Hire Authority, competitive rating and ranking of applicants and veterans' preference do not apply. You will be evaluated, as described below, to ensure you meet the qualification requirements listed in this vacancy announcement; your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials and your responses on the application questionnaire. To preview the application questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13034163 If you are eligible for consideration, one or more subject matter experts will systematically review your resume to determine if you meet the specialized experience requirements and therefore ensure you possess the competencies required for successful performance in this position (see the Qualifications section for a list of the critical competencies being evaluated)--this is a pass/fail assessment that does not produce a numerical score. (NOTE: If applicable for the grade advertised, we will review your supporting documents to determine if you have education that can be substituted for the specialized experience.) All eligible applicants who pass this assessment process will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. If you are referred for consideration, you may be subject to additional assessments during the selection process (e.g., technical writing sample or other work sample, job knowledge test, case scenario analysis, scientific data assessment, structured interview, etc.). If you are selected, we will review your resume and supporting documents to ensure you meet any additional qualification requirements (e.g., educational requirements), if applicable.